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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS

April 2, 2000Kemper County, Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 6:50 PM CDT for Kemper County, Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2000, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kemper County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPreston, MSSeveral trees were blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 022352
TORJAN
MSC069-103-159-030030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
650 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 26 MILES WEST OF SHUQUALAK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR SHUQUALAK BY 715 PM.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore39 min
Apr 1, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes37 min
Apr 1, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore29 min
Apr 1, 10:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada4 hr
Apr 1, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery25 min
Apr 1, 11:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Leflore4 hr
Apr 1, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington27 min
Apr 2, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey37 min
Apr 2, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo31 min
Apr 2, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
Apr 2, 9:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes110 min
Apr 2, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren43 min
Apr 2, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo44 min
Apr 2, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson28 min
Apr 2, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison36 min
Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Rankin30 min
Apr 2, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne36 min
Apr 2, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott26 min
Apr 2, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Apr 2, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren38 min
Apr 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala50 min
Apr 2, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake47 min
Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott43 min
Apr 2, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds41 min
Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba47 min
Apr 2, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith43 min
Apr 2, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Apr 2, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton26 min
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Jefferson2 hr
Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin60 min
Apr 2, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne37 min
Apr 2, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds20 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.